The Ayatollah of Rock ‘n’ Rolla, Chris Jericho, returns with Fozzy’s latest album, Chasing The Grail, and its their best yet.

Fozzy started out as a cover band, but on their third album, the ditched the covers and begun writing their own material. Now their back with another album of fantastic rock and metal tracks.

Opener Under Blackened Skies starts the album brilliantly, the only downside is that Jericho’s voice isn’t the greatest in the world and sometimes his voice sounds a bit strange. Don’t get me wrong, he is a good singer, he’s just not great.

The first single from the album, Martyr No More, is a really cool song, with a crazy solo from guitarist Jeff Waters, and an anthemic chorus, this song will be great live.

There aren’t any really bad tracks on this album, which really surprised me as their last album was really hit and miss, but on Chasing the Grail the band have written some awesome tunes and backed them up with some great guitar work, and for everything Jericho lacks in the talent department, he more than makes up for it with his attitude and effort, he puts everything he has into his vocals, and you can hear that he is really enjoying making music.

Broken Soul is one of my favourite tracks on the album, and on this Y2J’s vocals sound great. This is the first ever ballad by the band, yet it sounds like it was written by Bon Jovi any other experienced classic rock band. Jericho described the track as a “’70s-type Southern rock-type ballady-type tune” and this description perfectly encapsulates the song.

However, this song is only surpassed by the epic Wormwood. Jericho has taken some inspiration from his buddies in Dream Theater here, with this unbelievable 14 minute prog track. definitely the greatest thing the band have created in their career.